By Eleanor Holdsworth

THERE will be a Jubilee beacon-lighting ceremony in Dunchurch on Thursday 2nd June at 9.45pm.

Dunchurch parish councillor Ian Grogan reported at April’s meeting that the beacon, which has been organised by the Friends of Dunchurch Society and sponsored by the parish council, will be lit as part of a 20-minute-long national ceremony.

A pipe and bugler will sound in the celebrations as the beacon is blessed by the vicar of St Peter’s Church, and unveiled by the chair of Dunchurch parish council.

The next mayor of Rugby has also been invited to attend the ceremony. We’re yet to find out who the next mayor might be - it’s usually the deputy mayor, but that position is vacant following the unexpected resignation of deputy mayor and Bilton councillor Chris Cade in March this year.

Events for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are being put together in the village by FODS, the Women’s Institute and the Dunchurch Festival Group, with support from the parish council.

A beacon will be delivered to the village in the last week of April, when foundations will be laid.

Further village jubilee celebrations include a church service and tea party on Friday 3rd June and a lunchtime picnic on Sunday 5th June on the sports field.

Other beacons being lit in Warwickshire include:

• Burton Green Residents’ Association, junction of Cromwell Lane and Red Lane, Burton Green.

• Fillongley Parish Council.

• The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Committee and Atherstone Town Council – Atherstone.

• Alcester Town Council and Alcester Royal British Legion – Alcester Centenary Field, Alcester.

• Warwickshire County Council – Oversley Castle, Alcester.

• Home Field, Park Farm, Claverdon.

• Stratford upon-Avon Town Council.

• Exhall and Wixford Cricket Club – on hills behind Exhall and Wixford Cricket Club, Exhall.

• Hartshill Parish Council – Oldbury Hills, Hartshill.

• Parochial Church Council, St Peters Church, Dorsington.

• Stratford-uopn-Avon Town Council – Monument Field, Wlcombe Hills, Stratford-upon-Avon.

• Salford Priors Parish Council – Salford Priors Playing Field, Salford Priors.

• Fillongley Parish Council – Colliers Oak Field, Fillongley.

• Coventry City Council – Coventry Cathedral Ruin, Coventry.

• Stockton Football & Cricket Club, Stockton Parish Council, Saint Michael and All Angels Church.

• Bidford-on-Avon Parish Council - “Queen’s Jubilee Garden,” Bidford-on-Avon.

• Shipston on Stour Parish Council – Wadden Farm, Shipston on Stour.

• Southam Council – Recreation Park, Southam.